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practicing

noun A2
  1. The act or process of one who practices.
  2. Drilling, exercise. · Near-synonyms: rehearsing, rehearsal

Plural practicings

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And we’re going to learn a new song--Jane Andrews is practicing it up now; and Alice Andrews is going to bring a new Pansy book next week and we’re all going to read it out loud, chapter about, down by the brook.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 120 · C1
“She’s gadding off somewhere with Diana, writing stories or practicing dialogues or some such tomfoolery, and never thinking once about the time or her duties.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 211 · C1
The Avonlea young people had been practicing for weeks, and all the scholars were especially interested in it by reason of older brothers and sisters who were going to take part.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 148 · C1
Yesterday, I asked a stranger for directions without practicing the words first.
My first month in Toronto, p. 1 · B1

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